{{Short description|Cross pattée symbol used by Cossacks and Ukraine}} [[File:Flag of Poltava Oblast.svg|thumb|A Cossack cross on the flag of Poltava Oblast]] [[File:Flag of Volyn Oblast.svg|thumb|A Cossack cross on the flag of Volyn Oblast]] The '''Cossack cross''' ({{langx|uk|Козацький хрест|Kozatskyi khrest}}) is a type of the Templar cross used by the Ukrainian Ground Forces.<ref name="Укрінформ - актуальні новини України та світу 2019">{{cite web | title=У Харкові відкрили "Козацький хрест", присвячений загиблим на Донбасі | website=Укрінформ - актуальні новини України та світу | date=3 December 2019 | url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-regions/2830330-u-harkovi-vidkrili-kozackij-hrest-prisvacenij-zagiblim-na-donbasi.html | language=uk | access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Катеринівська сільська рада Кіровоградська область, Кропивницький район 2021">{{cite web | title=Козацький хрест в с.Аврамівка | website=Катеринівська сільська рада Кіровоградська область, Кропивницький район | date=10 August 2021 | url=https://katerynivska-gromada.gov.ua/kozackij-hrest-v-savramivka-15-35-59-17-09-2021/ | language=uk | access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="vpr.sm.gov.ua 2015">{{cite web | title=ПРЕЗИДЕНТ В СУМАХ ВІДКРИВ КОЗАЦЬКИЙ ХРЕСТ БОРЦЯМ ЗА ВОЛЮ УКРАЇНИ | website=vpr.sm.gov.ua | date=22 July 2015 | url=http://vpr.sm.gov.ua/index.php/uk/information/8-novini/4234-prezident-v-sumakh-vidkriv-kozatskij-khrest-bortsyam-za-volyu-ukrajini | language=uk | access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Журнал Житомира 2020">{{cite web | title=Стародавній козацький хрест повернеться в історичний центр Житомира. ВІДЕО | website=Журнал Житомира | date=21 August 2020 | url=https://zhzh.com.ua/zhitomir/2020-08-21-7654.html | language=uk | access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref> It is frequently used in Ukraine as a memorial sign to fallen soldiers<ref name="Трибуна">{{cite web | title=Порошенко у Сумах відкрив Козацький хрест – Трибуна – новини Сум та Сумської області | website=Трибуна | url=https://tribuna.sumy.ua/news/poroshenko-u-sumah-vidkryv-kozatskyj-hrest/ | language=uk | access-date=18 March 2022 | archive-date=9 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209114711/https://tribuna.sumy.ua/news/poroshenko-u-sumah-vidkryv-kozatskyj-hrest/ | url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name="Monitor Wolynski 2011">{{cite web | title=Naszą siłą jest jedność! | website=Monitor Wolynski | date=15 July 2011 | url=https://monitorwolynski.com/pl/news/128-nasz-si-jest-jedno | language=pl | access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Religious Information Service of Ukraine 2021">{{cite web | title=Memorial cross to defenders of Ukraine unveiled in Kyiv | website=Religious Information Service of Ukraine | date=14 October 2021 | url=https://risu.ua/en/memorial-cross-to-defenders-of-ukraine-unveiled-in-kyiv_n122551 | access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="dk2014">{{cite magazine|magazine=Dziennik Kijowski (Дзеннік Кійовскі)|date=September 2014|url=https://kresy24.pl/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Dziennik_Kijowski_17_2014.pdf|page=4|title=W Sołowkach przy kamieniu pamięci…|trans-title=In Solovki, next to the memorial stone…|language=pl|issue=480|first=Jan|last=Kozielski|volume=17 |oclc=749394789|location=Kyiv}}</ref> and as military awards.<ref name="vpr.sm.gov.ua 2015" /><ref name="ВАРТО - Галицькі Новини 2020">{{cite web | title=Волонтерам від військових. Олену Куртяк відзначено нагородою – "Козацький хрест " III ступеню (ВІДЕО) | website=ВАРТО - Галицькі Новини | date=19 December 2020 | url=https://vartonews.com.ua/2020/12/19/peremoga-18/ | language=uk | access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref>
==History== {{Cossacks}} Historically it was used by Cossacks, most prominently the Zaporozhian Host.
In modern times cross has been adapted as part of the emblem of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine, and is depicted on the flags and coat of arms of several Ukrainian regions, districts and cities, like Konotop, Zinkiv and Zolotonosha.<ref name="vpr.sm.gov.ua 2015" /><ref name="Shtetl Routes">{{cite web | title=Krzemieniec - Karta Dziedzictwa Kulturowego - Teatr NN | website=Shtetl Routes | url=https://shtetlroutes.eu/pl/krzemieniec-karta-dziedzictwa-kulturowego/ | language=pl | access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Україна: герби та прапори|publisher=О.А. Нескоромний.|pages=456|language=uk|year=2010|author=В.Г. Кисляк|edition=Парламентське вид-во}}</ref> The Memorial to Ukrainians shot at Sandarmokh uses a Cossack cross.<ref name="A Cossack Cross in Sandarmokh 2005">{{cite web | title=A Cossack Cross in Sandarmokh | website=A Cossack Cross in Sandarmokh | date=6 September 2005 | url=https://day.kyiv.ua/en/article/close/cossack-cross-sandarmokh | access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Coynash 2020">{{cite web | last=Coynash | first=Halya | title=Historian Yury Dmitriev imprisoned in Russia for insisting on Memory of the Soviet Terror and Sandarmokh | website=Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group | date=28 January 2020 | url=https://khpg.org//en/1580242580 | access-date=19 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="dk2014" /> ===Russo-Ukrainian War=== As of September 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian forces started to paint a simplified white Cossack cross on their vehicles as an IFF marker designating Ukrainian vehicles from a distance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-21 |title=The backstory about the sense of the white cross used by the Ukrainian troops to mark their vehicles during the latest counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region |url=https://www.weareukraine.info/the-backstory-about-the-sense-of-the-white-cross-used-by-the-ukrainian-troops-to-mark-their-vehicles-during-the-latest-counteroffensive-in-the-kharkiv-region/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=We Are Ukraine |language=uk}}</ref>
== Examples == <gallery widths="160" class="center"> File:Flag of the Zaporizhian Sich.svg|Flag of the Zaporozhian Sich File:Козацький прапор, 1651 р. 21.jpg|Historical Cossack flag from 1651 exhibited in the Armémuseum in Stockholm<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-23 |title=23 серпня - День державного прапора України: історія23 серпня - День державного прапора України: історія |url=https://bykvu.com/ua/bukvy/sogodni-ukraina-vidznachaie-den-derzhavnogo-prapora/ |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=Новини України - #Букви}}</ref> File:Emblem of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.svg|Emblem of the Ukrainian Armed Forces File:Emblem of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.svg|Emblem of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine File:Security Service of Ukraine Emblem.svg|Security Service of Ukraine Emblem File:DSNS emblem 2016.svg|State Service of Ukraine for Emergencies File:The Ukrainian Registered Cossacks.gif|The Ukrainian Registered Cossacks File:Hmel-1.jpg|Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky File:Orden-danilo-galitsky.jpg|Order of Danylo Halytsky File:Mark of Esteem (MoD UA).png|The Badge of Honour File:Medal For Supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine.png|Medal For Supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine File:Flag of Poltava Oblast.svg|Flag of Poltava Oblast File:Bobrovitskiy rayon prapor.png|Flag of the former Bobrovytsia Raion with a Cossack cross under its coat-of-arms File:Flag of Azov.svg|Flag of Azov (Russia) with a Cossack cross File:Flag of Cetinje.svg|Flag of Cetinje File:Coat of arms of Montenegro.svg|Coat of arms of Montenegro with three crosses pattée wedge on its regalia File:Coat of arms of Rivne Oblast.svg|Coat of arms of Rivne Oblast File:Coat of arms of Konotop.svg|Coat of arms of Konotop File:Hrest 2007.jpg|Memorial at Sandarmokh File:Usatove Cemetery - kurgan.jpg|Cossack crosses seen at the Usatove cemetery File:Coa Illustration Cross Pattee wedge.svg|Plain Cossack cross File:2022 Ukrainian Counteroffensive vehicle marking.svg|Ukrainian vehicle marking during the Russo-Ukrainian War File:2023 Ukrainian Counteroffensive inverted cross vehicle marking.svg|Ukrainian vehicle marking during the Russo-Ukrainian War File:UA 17th brigade captured Russian vehicles 01.jpg|Soldier of the 17th Tank Brigade painting a cross on a captured tank File:UA 44th bde Valuk 02.jpg|Cossack Crosses painted on a Valuk APC </gallery>
==See also== {{Portal|Ukraine}} *Cross pattée *Balkenkreuz *Iron Cross *Maltese cross
== References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Commons-inline|Category:Ukrainian Cossack crosses}}
{{Ukrainian heraldry}} {{Christian crosses}}
Category:Christian crosses Category:History of the Zaporozhian Cossacks Category:Military symbols used during the Russo-Ukrainian war